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| 3.__Targeted technology resource funds.__For targeted technology | | resource funds, the commissioner shall calculate one amount that | | may be made available to the elementary school level and middle | | school level and another amount that may be made available to the | | high school level in accordance with the following. |
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| | | A. For fiscal year 2005-06, the commissioner shall establish | | a per-pupil amount for targeted technology resource funds. |
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| | | B. For fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent year, the | | commissioner shall recalculate the per-pupil amount by using | | the amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and | | appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other | | comparable index. |
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| | | 4. Kindergarten to grade 2 funds.__For targeted kindergarten | | to grade 2 funds, the commissioner shall calculate the amount | | that may be made available to eligible school administrative | | units as follows. |
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| | | A. For fiscal year 2005-06, the amount equals the product of | | the per-pupil guarantee calculated pursuant to section 15676 | | multiplied by the additional weight calculated pursuant to | | section 15675, subsection 3. |
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| | | B.__For fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent year, the | | commissioner shall recalculate the amount by using the | | amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and | | appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other | | comparable index. |
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| | | 5.__Review; approval.__Beginning in fiscal year 2006-07, and | | at least every 2 years thereafter, the commissioner, using | | information provided by a statewide education policy research | | institute, shall review the targeted amounts under this section | | and shall submit any recommended changes to the state board for | | approval. |
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| | | §15682.__Regional adjustment |
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| | | The commissioner shall make a regional adjustment in the total | | operating allocation for each school administrative unit | | determined pursuant to section 15683.__The regional adjustment | | must be based on the regional differences in teacher salary costs | | within labor market areas in the State, as computed by a | | statewide education policy research institute, and must be | | applied only to appropriate teacher salary and benefits costs as | | calculated under section 15678.__Beginning in fiscal year |
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